** Description changed: notify-osd append each notify message to a log in .cache/notify-osd.log. Looking at the code I suspect this is for debugging purposes only, however, I don't seem to have debug turned on and it is still appending data to the log. I have examined this under the current Oneiric installation (with the current updates) and also today's Precise ISO image (15th Dec 2011). This is problematic for several reasons: 1. I believe the logging is for debugging purposes only, yet it seems to be enabled and I'm using a standard release image 2. Each notify-osd messages causes writes to the log which causes extra unwanted Hard Disk Drive (HDD) activity. On an idle machine running on battery power this contributes to drive wakeup/write/power-down cycles which wastes power and reduces battery life. 3. Unnecessary writes to this debug log causes unnecessary HDD spinup/down cycles which reduces the lifetime of spinning media as well as for SSDs 4. On busy feeds (e.g. twitter, facebook etc) the extra logging overhead - is large and the can be quite active. + and wasteful. Since this log seems only useful for debug purposes it should be inhibited as default. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: notify-osd 0.9.32-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-4.10-generic 3.2.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 15 16:17:51 2011 GtkTheme: Ambiance IconTheme: ubuntu-mono-dark InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111215) Lsusb: - Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub - Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub - Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub - Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub - Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller + Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub + Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub + Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller MachineType: LENOVO 4287CTO ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-generic root=UUID=40f4b6f2-3c98-46f1-96ee-4a7af137bbf6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: - xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 - libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu4 - libdrm2 2.4.27-1ubuntu1 - xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4 - xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 + xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 + libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu4 + libdrm2 2.4.27-1ubuntu1 + xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu4 + xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: notify-osd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager' dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET54WW (1.24 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4287CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET54WW(1.24):bd10/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4287CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4287CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4287CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
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